Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-01
4etIins ResisteF
OUR RICHEST WOMEN.
rOoK AT THE MONEY QUEENS Oh
AMERICA
eozsiU AbOu. the NillOuairsssssOf the Uutsd STATES
Rich Widows and Wealthy aaldsDs-
How Soms Women Manage
Their Fortunes.
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WASHINGTON, April 2O.-The death oil
the rich Catharine Wolfe calls attention to
the rich women of the United States. This
is an age not only of milliOnaires, but OF
millionairesses as well. The wealthy wo-
men of the United States are nav num-
bered by hundreds and every city has Its
Urls who are worth their weight IN gold.
The richest women of them all is, perhaps,
Mrs. Hettv Green, of New York, who IL
worth 5 70. 900, 900, and has been estimated
"a hiph rs so, 600, 900. She Is n sharp
busipess woman, and has made the Sl3,-
OOO OOD which she received from her father
breed rapidly. She added 81, 100000 to
her fortune by marriage, and she cuts
her expenses more closely than many
a woman who is worth thousand times
less Mrs Mark Hopkins, who IL build
ing 3, 600 QUO palace at Great Barring
TON Mass, is, however, nearly Is rich.
She il worth somewhere between $50, OOO,-
uDD and $40. 900, 900, hut her money comes
from her husband, Mark Hopkins, who
made fortune out of the Central Paclhc
railroad. Hopkins estate whec he died
was inyentoried ut S2l, 700, 900, and 1t was
worth fully .Carthird more. Nearly the
whole ofFthis was left TO Mrs. Hopkins,
apd-sfe spends her large income generous
Nv. Mrs. Terry got One-thrd OF her nus
hands fortune OF about SsO,OOO,OOo, ana
in case her baby dies she will get the rest.
Tn baby is 4 girl not yet two years old.
Sine ia worth at least $50, OOO.OOO.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of New York, IS
s,id IN he worth y, OOO, OOO and all her
relatives have gold galore. Mrs. Thomas
A S,ott the widow ct the railroad preSl-
dsrt i worth -, ON, 900, and Mrs. Joseph
Harrison. the widow OF the man who built
the first railroad in Russia, $4,000, 600.
Airs .Taype. the widow OF the patent
,oediciue man, is worth -, 900, 900. Mrs.
Josephine NJ. Aver, who gets her money
also from patent medicine, Is estimated To
no worth from $1,000, 900 to $1,000 600,
and Mrs. Edwin Stevens, OF New York,
has So, UUO, 600.
New York has = number Of other rich
widows. Mrs. Martin Bates was LETT 81,
5pO Onp. which her husband made IN dry
,,nnds and Mrs. James Brown received
frnnl he husbands estate about 81, 900, OOO,
which WAS accumulated in banking. Mrs.
" L Dldge, estimated Mt Sl,OOO,OOO,
sends much of her income to the heather,
and Mrs Robert Goelrt, worth s., OOO 600,
owes her fortune to hardware. Mrs. John
T. Green Is said to be worth D, 900 900,
and Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt has IN
creased the n, OOO, 900 which she received
from her husbands estate until 1t Is near
- OOO OOO. GARRISON Potter's widow has
ON immense income. Mrs. John Mlutern
il yynrth s.. UOD 900. Mrs. Marshall d.
R,barts the. eight millionaire widow OF a
mining king, is said to have cried when 1t
WAS charged that she WAS about To marry
President Arthur.
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Philadelphia widowers are numerous,
and there are rich women OF all Kinds III
the City of Brotherly Love. have spoken
of Mrs Tom SCOTS wealth. Mrs. DrSston
the widow of the saw manufacturer whI
died NOT long ago, Is worth II 900, 900 auc
she lives in a marble palace. Mrs. John
Raw Barton il worth 5000, OOO; Mrs. Nj
W Baldwin, the widow Of tue locomotive
buiIder. is estimated as worth -, OOO, ONO
and Mrs. Charles Bromley, the widow OF
Garnet manufacturer, Is worth about Sl,
OJU, 900,
There Is a widow in Chicago, Mrs. Cyru
II NrCormick, who Il said to bc WORT
SIO 600 OOD. and - % Washington veal
tbv widows. they are many. Mrs. Admra
DtbIuren has several Guc HOUSES IN tn
fashionable part OF Washington, and Mrs
John q. Evans, the widow OF the late pres
ident of the Mutual Onion Telegraph com
many. owns much Washington real estate
Mrs. Craig WadSworth, OF New York IN
a fine residence ON Massachusetts avenue
and is said 20 be worth $1,000, 900. Mrs
Patteu, Mother-in-law OF Congressman
Glover. lives ia a house worth S75, al
keeps it is said, 81, 900, 600 IN goyernmeu
bonds in the Washington banks.
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As to rich young women there are nu
merous good catches In the United state,
Miss Elizabeth Garrett, the sister ct IN
President of the Baltimore and Ohio ran
road. Is said to be worth Sl5,mO,OOO an
500 0UO. OGO. and she is both bright an
business-hkc. The thus dsOS6ters|t
~ E,-.sII1R--, Drexql, of Philadelphia, ar
worth 81, OOtI,UtO, and there is 4 miIHnuaiT
Girl in Tennessee named Mauu - pierr,
who lately bought 81 400 acres of ca.
lands and who has enough business abiIit
to manage her own fortune aud huShan
rs we'll. One Of the richest young ladit
in Washington Is Miss Jennie Riggs, who's
father. George W. Riggs, was partner
w. W. COrcoran, and there Is a Miss Bel
nice Morrison in 81. Louis, who, severa
wears AGO, was down on the tax lists rs b'
inc worth 500 800. Miss ClOthilde Palms
the Detroit beatty, whom Senator Jones
vain tried Ia WOO, Is said tO he worth -
500. 600, and she Is ~ beautiful as she
rich, AMI there is nov hardly a city in tn
United States which has not an heircss Q
two whose fortune runs high into the hun
dreds of thousands. Miss Benson, q
Philadelphia, inherited ST. 500. 900 frOI
her father, who was well known Philg
delphia banker, and Miss Helen EUbeI
another Philadelphia girl, the daughter {
wealthy wool factor, is also worth mi
lion.
Miss Erbeu is = tine horsewoman. Sh
drives a spanking pair of hay horses, an
often a tandem. The DreNel girls are ais
fond of horses, and this is, in fact, the
only dissipation. Each of these three fou
millionairesSeS has a splendid Arabia
steed which goes like the wind. The
ride out from their country seat near Phlla
delphia rs early ~ q o'clock in the mOrr
ing, and they 20 galloping about I'll
country until their cheeks are like roses
They are said to he rs well posted o
horses rs veterinary surgeons, and the
sometimes, it is said, rub down thei
horses themselves after they come in trOI
a hard drive. AIrS. Mark Hopkins Is 81
other great hOTSewoman. She is as fond {
horses as was her husband, and her stabl'
at Great Burlington are among the con
pletest and most comfortable in the eOuI
try. She keeps well bred horses, and ever
fair day you may see her about GreS
Darlington driving behind pair of fin
trotters and herself holding the Teins. 81
makes long excursions around the su
rounding country, and every inhabitant I
the colony knows her.
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